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Félicien Rops

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Also known as Félicien Joseph Victor Rops, Félicien Victor Joseph Rops, Felicien Rops, Felicien Joseph Victor Rops, Felicien Victor Joseph Rops, Felician Rops, felician rops, William Lesley

Belgian artist (1833-1898)

Person · Open Library

Born
1833
Died
1898
Works
49

Top works

  • Les poésies de S. Mallarmé
  • Le vice suprême
  • L'enfer de Joseph Prudhomme (Henry Monnier)
  • Chair
  • A coeur perdu

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
BE
Active from
1833-07-07
Active to
1898-08-23

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Key facts

Born
( 1833-07-07 ) 7 July 1833, Namur , Belgium
Died
23 August 1898 (1898-08-23) (aged 65), Essonnes , France
Known for
Print making , intaglio , illustrations, drawing, painting
Notable work
Pornocrates , Les Sataniques , Les Diaboliques
Movement
Symbolism , Decadent movement , Fin de siècle

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Works in European collections

13 objects attributed to Félicien Rops, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Félicien Victor Joseph Rops ( French: [felisjɛ̃ viktɔʁ ʒozɛf ʁɔps]; 7 July 1833 – 23 August 1898) was a Belgian artist associated with Symbolism, Decadence, and the Parisian fin de siècle, and was a member of the Les XX group. He was a painter, illustrator, caricaturist and a prolific and innovative print maker, particularly in intaglio (etching and aquatint). Although not well known to the general public and initially sought after as a pornographer, Rops was greatly respected by his bohemian peers and actively pursued and celebrated as an illustrator by the publishers, authors, and poets of his time. He provided frontispieces and illustrations for works by Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, Charles Baudelaire, Charles De Coster, Théophile Gautier, Joris-Karl Huysmans, Stéphane Mallarmé, Joséphin Péladan, Paul Verlaine, Voltaire, and many others. Best known today for his prints and drawings illustrating erotic and occult literature of the period, he also produced oil paintings including landscapes, seascapes, and occasional genre paintings. Rops is recognized as a pioneer of Belgian comics.

Biography

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